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changing needs, with the aim of simplifying their journey and
Sector is to anticipate and respond to its customers’
increasingly innovative, high value-added products, services
ensuring their satisfaction. As such, it provides them with
and concepts.
Overall, the ongoing objective of the Building Distribution
MAIN BRANDS
Country
Leading Brands
Positioning
FRANCE
Distributor of building materials and building products
Specialist distributor of plumbing-heating-sanitaryware
Cross-channel distributor of building equipment and tools
Distribution of building materials to trade professionals only
kitchens, bathrooms and floors
Distributor of interior and exterior joinery and woodwork products for home improvement,
private project owners
New brand. Intermediation website that puts qualified trade professionals in touch with
each other
Online platform putting private individuals, architects and interior decorators in touch with
UNITED KINGDOM
Distributor of sustainable wood and building materials
Distributor of plumbing-heating-sanitaryware
Cross-channel distributor of plumbing materials
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
Generalist distributor of building materials
Tiling specialist
GERMANY
Website customization service for trade professionals
NORDIC COUNTRIES
Sweden)
(Denmark, Finland, Norway,
and facility maintenance
Specialist in plumbing-heating-sanitaryware, civil engineering, industry, ventilation/cooling
Distributor of building materials to trade professionals and the general public
Specialist in steel, technical insulation and ventilation on the professional market.
SWITZERLAND
Distributor of bathrooms and kitchens to professionals and the general public
SPAIN
Specialist in interior solutions and insulation
Distributor of building materials for new construction and renovation markets
Distribution of building materials to trade professionals only
BRAZIL
Sale to the general public and trade professionals of home improvement products and
services, specializing in sanitation and tiling
INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LABELS OF THE BUILDING DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
Country
Private Labels
Market
EUROPE
Plumbing & Heating
EUROPE AND BRAZIL
Sanitary
EUROPE
Hand tools, power tools, fixings, PPE, equipment, building chemicals
EUROPE (excluding France)
Heavy building materials, roofing, interior Solutions